hercules in new york was 1969, stay hungry 1976, pumping iron 1977, pumping iron two 1985.

i think they used the fake wooden barbell that they used to impress newbies at gold's gym back in the day. pic'd here. even paul anderson was said to throw in a wood plate here and there to save his back doing all his exhibitions. patera and superstar billy grahan used wood plates when they challenged each other.{got this out of sbg book.}